1988 Mustang 4 cylinder motor mounts

sgcuda · 06-12-2007

Hi,
New to site. I am a Mopar lover by birth, but build and run anything by desire. I am building a 1988 Mustang LX with a 2.3 5 spd. for my son. I changed rear axle to a 3.45 ratio, engine is fitted with 5.7" rods & KB pistons, ported cylinder head, Erson hydraulic cam 230/230 @ .050" with .500" lift, Esslinger 2 bbl manifold with a Holley 350 cfm carb, Hedmann header into 2 1/2" exhaust, lightened flywheel with a Ram metallic clutch. My problem is the worn out 250,000+ mile motor mounts. Can someone tell me where to get a set of stock mounts or what kind of mods are performed for a retrofit? I was trying to modify some 8 cyl. mounts but the parts are way too large. It's not like this is a rare car or something. What gives with these mounts?

sleeper_inc · 06-12-2007

From what I understand ford designed these mounts to fail. Just cut the bolt out, put a new one in with threads all the way up, and there you go, mounts fixed (use the highest grade bolt and nut you can get)

Here are some new mounts btw
http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...0%201&comp=LRS

sgcuda · 06-12-2007

Thanks, sleeper. But $129.95 for just the right side mount? And no left side available? This seems a little pricey to me.

john13 · 06-14-2007

I have a set out of a 1989 mustang just come and get them. Nice road trip to Canada.

sgcuda · 05-25-2008

For what it's worth, I bought a set of 8 cylinder mounts, bolted a steel plate to it, bolted a flat plate to the side of the block, suspended the engine with the trans bolted up, cut some cardboard wedges to fit, transferred the cutouts to some steel plate and welded them in. About 2 hours worth of work. Don't remember the exact application of the mounts, but they were around $15.00 each from NAPA.

NavySVO · 05-26-2008

You could go with Chuck's mounts.......google it. A bit pricey, but what U need

5stangmane · 03-14-2009

I have a 93 2.3,and got my mounts ,beleive it or not ''autozone''. the only difference was swaping the top mount bracket from the original,tothe new.part#A5117 and A5118. $134.38 shipped to my door.

pootitang · 03-16-2009

Chuck Warren makes a very good product:
http://turbochuck.com/wp-content/motormounts.html
I recently got a set from him for my 90 lx........Chuck is a GOOD guy,well made good looking and fit like a glove.
Got mine for $175 shipping and everything.

TJ

pootitang · 03-17-2009

Well,well,well......Its official.
I CAN kill a thread!